Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 19 · 2026-10-14

IELTS Writing Task 1 question

The charts below give information on the location and types of dance classes young people in a town in Australia are currently attending.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

Student answer (Band 6.0)

The pie chart compares the proportion of location of dance classes, while the table illustrates the number of participation of different age groups in three different dance classes.

Overall, the private studios accounted the largest proportion and college based studios contributed the least share. On the other hand, Ballet and tap has the most students of 11-16 years old, whereas under 11 years old students enjoyed the modern dance so much.

In pie chart, private studios attracted the most students accounted for 48%. School halls ranked second with 24% students for dance classes after the school. Followed by community halls and other stood at 18% students. Furhtermore, college based studios are the least popular location attracted only 10% students for dance classes.

Regarding the table chart, Ballet is famous among 11-16 years old with 600 students, followed by tap with almost 450 students, and modern dance influenced only 300 students. While, 500 students under 11 years old prefer modern dance, which attracted the most students with this age groups. Tap has almost 420 students and ballet made upto 300 students under 11 years old.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You cover both charts and identify the main location pattern: private studios are largest at 48%, while college-based studios are smallest at 10%. However, the age-group figures are substantially misassigned. The chart shows under-11s at 600 for ballet, 450 for tap and 300 for modern; for ages 11–16, the figures are 300, 420 and about 520 respectively. Your paragraph reverses the ballet and modern figures between the groups, and the overview also says ballet and tap have the most students aged 11–16, overlooking modern as the leading class for that group. This makes the report only partly accurate, although the key location data and some comparisons are included. Check each series against its legend before describing the trends.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The response has a clear overall arrangement: an introduction, an overview, and separate paragraphs for the location chart and the age-group chart. This makes the two topics easy to distinguish, and linking phrases such as “Overall,” “On the other hand,” and “Regarding the table chart” help guide the reader. The progression is generally logical, though some connections are mechanical or unclear. For example, “Followed by community halls and other stood at 18%” is a fragment, and “While, 500 students…” does not connect smoothly to the preceding sentence. The overview also combines several comparisons without clearly distinguishing the age groups. Use complete sentences and clearer transitions between the two age categories to make the progression more fluent.

Lexical Resource: Band 6.0

You use an adequate range of task-related vocabulary, including “proportion,” “accounted,” “ranked second,” “attracted,” and “least popular.” These choices help communicate comparisons across the charts, and the meaning is generally understandable. However, some collocations and word choices are imprecise: “the proportion of location” and “number of participation” are not natural ways to describe the data, while “enjoyed the modern dance so much” is too informal and subjective for an academic report. There are also spelling and form slips, such as “Furhtermore.” Aim for concise, neutral chart language and use terms such as “share,” “number of students,” and “was most popular.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You attempt both simple and more complex sentence forms, including comparisons with “whereas” and clauses beginning with “while.” The main ideas remain understandable, but some errors in sentence structure and agreement reduce accuracy. For example, “private studios accounted the largest proportion” needs a grammatical construction such as “accounted for the largest proportion,” and “Ballet and tap has” has a subject–verb agreement error. The sentence beginning “Followed by community halls…” is incomplete, while “While, 500 students…” is not correctly punctuated or joined to the surrounding idea. Review verb agreement, sentence boundaries, and the structure of comparative clauses; these corrections would make your varied sentences more controlled.

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